Dr Catherine Appleton, awarded the 2011 Criminology Book Prize

Dr Catherine Appleton, a former research officer and doctoral student at the Centre for Criminology, was awarded the '2011 Criminology Book Prize' for the book based on her doctoral thesis...

A message from the Dean

Oxford Law and CoronavirusMost of us around the world will be facing very challenging circumstances as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Here in Oxford, our priority has been to...

Oxford reaches Semi-Finals of HRLA Judicial Review Moot Competition 2020

As with most mooting competitions over the past year, the annual Human Rights’ Lawyers Association Judicial Review Moot took place online throughout November and December 2020. The competition involved first...

European Policy for Intellectual Property Association Conference, Zurich

From 11-13 September 2019, the 14th Annual Conference of EPIP (European Policy for Intellectual Property Association) took place at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. This year’s conference on the topic “The future...

Thom Wetzer joins Faculty as Associate Professor of Law and Finance

Thom’s research examines how law and finance can enable collaboration and coordination to improve outcomes, with a particular focus on financial regulation, corporate governance, models of financial...

Oxford lawyers publish human rights report for the European Parliament

A group of Oxford Faculty members and graduate students have completed a major report on the Evolution of Human Rights Charters for the European Parliament. The report surveys the evolution...

Round Table Discussion on Competition, Market Transparency and Information Exchange - 4 June 2015

On Thursday 4 June 2015, the University of Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy, in conjunction with The Oxford/Stockholm Soderberg Venture and the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement will host...

Dr Tarun Khaitan discusses democracy in a Philosophy 24/7 podcast

Democracies around the world—including affluent, long-established ones—seem to be deconsolidating. Elected autocratic leaders who are assaulting democratic institutions in our times employ very different techniques from the dictators of the...

Congratulations to the Oxford Jessup Moot Team

The Oxford Human Rights Hub congratulates the University of Oxford team for defeating the University of Cambridge in the final of the UK National Championship of the 54th Phillip C....

Professor Lavanya Rajamani featured in article by Oxford University

In the lead up to COP26 in Glasgow, Lavanya Rajamani has been featured in an article by the University which explores her long history with climate change,...

Fundamental Rights In Europe: A Matter For Two Courts - Friday 13 June 2014, Council of Europe, Strasbourg

Under the auspices of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr Thorbjørn Jagland
 
 This event aims at disseminating research findings based on two projects:
 
 A British Academy study entitled Reflections on...

New Publication by Research Associate Ros Burnett on Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse

Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse, will be published in September 2016, and is edited by Dr Ros Burnett. The book contains 21 chapters by criminologists, psychologists, legal scholars...

Artistic engagement in immigration detention centres

As part of the Social Science Division's Bright Ideas series, Mary talks about her work on the project Border Criminologies and how detainees represent their experiences through their artwork....

OxHRH Submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on Brexit

Under the auspicies of the Oxford Human Rights Hub, Professor Sandra Fredman, Director of the OxHRH and Rhodes Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the USA; Professor...

Announcing a new publication - Research Handbook on the Law of Treaties

Antonios Tzanakopoulos, together with Christian Tams of the University of Glasgow and Andreas Zimmermann of the University of Potsdam, has published a Research Handbook on the Law of Treaties. Offering...

Announcing the Faculty’s first Associate Professor of Asian Laws

Dr Bui is a graduate of Vietnam National University-Hanoi (LLB; LLM) and The University of Hong Kong (PhD). He was previously a research fellow at the Centre...

Appointment of OTJR New Convenor

OTJR is delighted to announce that Miles Jackson has been appointed as the St Anne's College Global Justice Research Fellow for 2013/14 and the Convenor of OTJR for this academic...

A Call for blogposts on border control and Covid-19

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak, the Border Criminologies team, along with others around the globe, has expressed reiterated concerns about the impact of the pandemic on the wellbeing...

OPBP: Call for Volunteer Researchers for project on Data Protection under International Human Rights Law

Oxford Pro Bono Publico (OPBP) is looking for volunteers to assist with research for a project in collaboration with Human Rights Watch (HRW) concerning Data Protection under International Human Rights...

Watch: Single Parent Discrimination in the UK and its Impact

Professor Ewan Gordon McKendrick has been awarded QC honoris causa

Professor Ewan Gordon McKendrick is a legal academic and barrister. He has been recommended for this high accolade for his work as Registrar of the University of Oxford and for the...

MLF Alumni Reunion HT 2019

The recent alumni reunion for the Masters in Law and Finance programme (MLF) was held on Tuesday 26th February 2019 at the offices of Allen & Overy in London. The...

Recognition of Distinction Awards 2021 - Congratulations to our new Professors!

The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that nine Faculty members have received the title of full Professor in the University's 2021 Recognition of Distinction Awards. Congratulations to: Antonios Tzanakopoulos...